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UGA student found dead at downtown apartment complex

A University of Georgia student was found dead at a downtown apartment complex Thursday, but there was no obvious evidence of foul play, according to Athens-Clarke County coroner Sonny Wilson.

Maj. Mark Sizemore, commanding officer of the Athens-Clarke County police Centralized Criminal Investigations Division, said police received a call early Thursday evening of a dead male at 909 Broad Street Apartments, and detectives and forensics personnel were sent to the scene to investigate. Sizemore said there was no evidence of foul play and investigators are awaiting for results from an autopsy.

Wilson said the man's body was taken to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's State Crime Lab in Decatur for the autopsy.

The family has been notified, but the student's name has not been released because other relatives may not yet be aware of the death.